Preparation Program Partnerships:Best practices for meeting state and local personnel needsPhoebe Gillespie, Ph.D.

Director, Personnel Improvement Center

@ NASDSE

How are Federal Resources Facilitating Prep Program Partnerships? OSEP funded prep programs

SPDG funding for personnel development TQ Partnership grants Transition to Teaching Grants TEACH Act NCLB Title II local funds for recruiting and

retaining personnel OSEP-funded Personnel Improvement

Center

How are States Facilitating Prep Program Partnerships? Providing leadership in increasing awareness of

personnel needs and connecting high need LEAs with state prep programs

Approving new kinds of prep programs that respond to local needs

Creating infrastructure for collaborative and prep program partnerships to exist IT resources for distance delivery Funding for prep program development Scholarships and loans for candidates from high need

LEAs/local programs

How are IHEs Participating in Prep Program Partnerships? Providing distance delivery options for paras and

community members in high-need, rural locales Collaborating with local administrators to conduct

community-based recruitment campaigns Offering dual-credit coursework for HS ‘teacher

academies’ Honoring articulation agreements with local

community-colleges Creating ‘condensed’ coursework/offering night

and weekend classes

How are LEAs Participating in Prep Program Partnerships? Funding teacher candidates from their own pool of HS

graduating seniors Encouraging paras to become teachers

Release time for coursework Praxis-prep courses Funding Praxis exams

Providing an appropriate pool of candidates for partnering IHEs and CC’s

Supporting candidates with mentors/academic assistance Supporting IHEs with facilities and technology for on-site

course delivery

How is Personnel Improvement Center Supporting the Development of Preparation Program Partnerships? Working in 7 states this year to facilitate the

development and implementation of partnerships to increase local accessibility Working with state leadership to convene prep program

partnership workgroups Assisting state workgroups in development and

implementation of partnership plans between high need LEAs and partnering IHEs